Another word for envy
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Noun
Resentful or painful desire for another's advantages
- The state of being envious
- (Uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
- (Countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
- An instance of this; jealous feeling
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Verb
To feel envy towards or for
- To give or expend with reluctance:
- To envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something):
- To feel ill will or resentment at the possession or employment of (something) by another
- To want ardently (esp., something that another person has); long for with envy
- To wish for (something) longingly.
- To covet that which is another's.
- To be reluctant to give or admit:
- To resent for having; begrudge:
- To envy and resent (someone) because of that person's possession or enjoyment of (something); begrudge
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Another word for envy
Noun
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- (Uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
- (Countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
- An instance of this; jealous feeling
- A feeling of displeasure and indignation, from a sense of being injured or offended
- Indignation or ill will stemming from a feeling of having been wronged or offended.
- The relationship between two or more rivals who regularly compete with each other. The term usually applies to two rivals.
- In economics, rivalry is a characteristic of a good. Rivalrous goods are those which can be consumed by only one person at the same time -- for example, a candy bar or a suit; a non-rivalrous good may be provided to more consumers at a very low marginal cost for each additional consumer.
- The act of rivaling or the fact or condition of being a rival or rivals; competition
- (Obs.) Something annoying or irritating
- (--- Archaic) An instance of this; a grudge
- A mean or evil feeling toward another, characterized by the inclination to hurt, humiliate, annoy, frustrate, etc.; ill will; malice
- A reason or cause for this
- A deep-seated feeling of resentment or rancor:
- A strong, continued feeling of hostility or ill will against someone over a real or fancied grievance
- Active ill will; desire to harm another or to do mischief; spite
- A desire to harm others or to see others suffer; extreme ill will or spite.
- (Law) The intent to commit an unlawful act without justification or excuse.
- The state of being envious
- The state or quality of grudging.
- The action of slandering a person without that person's knowledge.
- Excessive desire for something, esp. for wealth; avarice; greed
- Excessive desire, especially for wealth; covetousness or avarice.
- An excessive desire to acquire or possess more than what one needs or deserves, especially with respect to material wealth:
- The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment
- (Rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
- The condition of being malicious; malevolence or malice
- A craving; yearning
- Strong desire; yearning
- A strong persistent yearning or desire, especially one that cannot be fulfilled.
Verb
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- To resent for having; begrudge:
- To be reluctant to give or admit:
- To envy and resent (someone) because of that person's possession or enjoyment of (something); begrudge
- To regard with displeasure or disapproval
- To envy (someone) the possession or enjoyment of (something):
- To feel ill will or resentment at the possession or employment of (something) by another
- To wish for (something) longingly.
- To feel strong or immoderate desire for (that which is another's).
- To want ardently (esp., something that another person has); long for with envy
- Simple past tense and past participle of resend.
- To feel or show displeasure and hurt or indignation over (some act, remark, etc.) or toward (a person), from a sense of being injured or offended
- To be in great need of
- To have a strong desire (for)
- To have an intense desire for.
- To express a wish for; request.
- To have or feel a desire
- To wish or long for; want:
Synonym Study
- To covet is to long ardently and wrongfully for something that belongs to another
- Begrudge implies an unwillingness that someone should possess or enjoy something that is needed or deserved
- To envy another is to feel ill will, jealousy, or discontent at the person's possession of something that one keenly desires to have or achieve oneself
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